Canton of Solothurn
canton of Switzerland
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Summary
Canton of Solothurn is a canton of Switzerland[1]. It draws 2,949 Wikipedia views per month (canton of switzerland category, ranking #23 of 28).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: University of Teacher Education in Special Needs[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Switzerland[4], Old Swiss Confederacy[5], Helvetic Republic[6]
- Country: Switzerland[7]
- Capital: Solothurn[8]
- Official language: German[9]
- Shares border with: Canton of Berne[10], Canton of Aargau[11], Canton of Basel-Landschaft[12], Haut-Rhin[13], Canton of Jura[14], Alsace[15]
- Named after: Solothurn[16]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bucheggberg-Wasseramt[17], Dorneck-Thierstein[18], Thal-Gäu[19], Olten-Gösgen[20], Solothurn-Lebern[21]
- Legislative body: Cantonal Council of Solothurn[22]
- Part of: Northwestern Switzerland[23], Espace Mittelland[24]
- Commons category: Canton of Solothurn[25]
- Licence plate code: SO[26]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[27], UTC+02:00[28]
- Archives at: Staatsarchiv Solothurn[29]
- Inception: 1481[30]
- Highest point: Hasenmatt[31]
- Official website: https://so.ch/[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Canton of Solothurn[33]
- Commons gallery: Kanton Solothurn[34]
- Population: 273,194[35], 286,844[36]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Solothurn[37]
- Number of seats: 2[38], 6[39]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42]
- List of monuments: list of cultural properties in the Canton of Solothurn[43], list of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: Solothurn[44]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in the canton of Solothurn[45]
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Physical Characteristics
Canton of Solothurn covers an area of 790.45 km²[46]. It sits at an elevation of 432 m[47].
Why It Matters
Canton of Solothurn has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]